This is an eatery which sells desserts as well as other food like wanton noodles and dim sum. They are famous for the mango desserts and most of their cold desserts have some element of mango in them. Their desserts are priced from around $4.50 onwards. Besides the cold desserts, they also sell hot desserts like sesame paste and almond paste. Since they are famous for mango desserts, I decided to order the Mango Pomelo Herbal Jelly. The herbal jelly comes in one mold and it is placed among the mango/strawberry puree and topped with some pomelo. It looks rather nice and I enjoy the taste. Herbal jelly is nourishing for the body and as its taste is slightly better, the sweetness from the puree is just nice to pair with the jelly so that the jelly is not too hard to consume, though for me, I didn't find the herbal jelly to be bitter. The only thing which I think can be better improved is that the serving of pomelo could have been more as I think it adds a refreshing taste to the dessert.

My dining companion wanted to eat from the Korean stall, so I followed suit and ordered from there as well since I only had to queue once. I got the spicy beef soup which comes with rice, kimchi and ikan bilis. The wait was quite long even though there is only one customer in front of us, so it is fortunate that we are second in the line. The soup is quite savoury as it is a little spicy and sour. While the soup is tasty, I find that the ingredients are quite little. The main ingredient, the beef, is quite little and it does not really justify the price of $5.90. The beef is quite nice though as it is sliced very thinly and the part of the beef given is easy to chew. Besides the beef, there is also an egg, vegetables in the soup as well as the tang hoon noodles. The tang hoon noodles is not the korean tang hoon as it is much more thin and it breaks easily. If the portion of beef is more, I would have given a higher rating.

It is my first visit to The Connoisseur Concerto (TCC) and frankly speaking, I was quite shocked at the prices they are charging since it appeared that they are more like a casual café. Anyway, since me and my friend are already there, we decide to just try it out since we are both first timers to tcc. I was browsing through the menu and immediately, the Seafood Aglio Olio got my eye. The description states that it is subtly flavoured with chilli and garlic, with scallops and prawns. The dish took around 10 minutes to come and the presentation of the dish is really good. There are a total of 3 prawns and 3 scallops which is really expensive as the dish costs $21++. While the prawns are crunchy and well flavoured, I felt the scallops are quite a disappointment as it isn’t as nice… I felt that there is a slight fishy taste which is a pity. The aglio olio while being tasty with the garlic oil, is not very spicy as well, and it could definitely be spicier. Overall, I think I probably will not return as the prices are on the high side and the dish did not really justify the high prices.

Recently, I went with my friend for lunch at The Soup Spoon. As we are both not too hungry having had breakfast less than 2 hours ago, we decided to just order a soup set (add $4.90 to a soup for a set) to share. We ordered the chef’s special, the Prawn Britsque and for our set, we chose the Chilled Soba with Teriyaki Chicken with an apple. The Prawn Britsque is really quite a hearty soup and very very flavourful. In fact, I would think if not because we are sharing, it would have been too much flavour to finish it all by oneself. The Chilled Soba with Teriyaki Chicken is good except for the chicken. The chicken is really a let-down as it is tough to bite and it is far too salty. The meat just does not seem appetising at all and we left the chicken untouched. The soba is surprisingly flavourful from the sesame dressing, making it very tasty, though not as healthy as it would be if it is sans dressing.

I had a quick and satisfying lunch at Ichiban Boshi yesterday. There is quite a lot of different items on the menu and there are pictures accompanying the items which is great as the visual image is always much better than just text. I originally wanted to order the 7 piece salmon sashimi which costs $9.90 but when I saw the sashimi salad, I decided to order that since the price is the same and I thought it would be great to try out another restaurant’s sashimi salad to see how it compares to the one I frequently ate at Sushi Tei. Like Sushi Tei, the dressing comes on the side which is good as it gives customers the choice of how much to add. However, there is only one dressing available, unlike in Sushi Tei where there are 3. Anyway, I would say in terms of value, Ichiban Boshi definitely wins since their sashimi is sliced and I counted around 7 or 8 pieces of salmon in total, with some small cubes of tuna. Whereas in Sushi Tei, the sashimi are all cut into little cubes and I think the combined sashimi is definitely lesser than Ichiban’s. I really enjoyed the sashimi salad here and it is very satisfying – crisp lettuce with shredded carrot and cucumber, tomato quarters and sashimi, everything is very refreshing to the bite. The dressing is tangy as well and it goes well with the vegetables. I will definitely order this the next time I return!